Against the Storm looks charming and cosy, but it's actually the best and most fiendish city builder I've played in years

The purpose of a personal pick is to give some extra love to a game of 2024 that didn't make it into our main Game of the Year awards—a game that, despite it all, we feel deserves some more attention. And yet, I've decided to cheat. Against the Storm did not release this year. Rather, it released December of last year—after we'd already locked in our GOTY picks for 2023. And that's a shame, because—if it had come out a few months earlier—it would almost certainly have been a lock for one of our main awards. Simply, it is one of the best city builders I've played...
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